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as in disease
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning
before the days of modern medicine, when death remained a mystery, people said that someone died of a fever and left it at that
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as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
in the fever of a political campaign a lot of things get said that never should have been said
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Recent Examples of fever
World Cup fever is building, and that’s good news for the soccer cleat category.
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Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
According to the callers, the child had no previous history of serious illness but recently experienced a fever.
—Samantha Chaney, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
That’s how the fever starts, anyway.
—David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2026
The fever can reach 105 degrees.
—Noe Padilla, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
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Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
According to the callers, the child had no previous history of serious illness but recently experienced a fever.
—Samantha Chaney, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
That’s how the fever starts, anyway.
—David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2026
The fever can reach 105 degrees.
—Noe Padilla, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fever
Noun
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding had been allocated to disease control programs in all four states, though California Atty.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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The disease begins with the formation of benign polyps in the body's large intestine, also known as the colon.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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Among the frenzy of videos promoting healthier diets, marathon running, and sobriety, one trend catching on with young people—ironically on social media—is the idea of a digital detox, taking time away from our phone’s most addictive apps to improve everything from sleep to focus.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Then a frenzy as all the players rifled through their music.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Among those on the field at Stanford University was quarterback Drake Maye, who was limited all of last week with a shoulder injury and missed Friday's session with an illness.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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But availability remains a persistent question for Porzingis, who has been limited to 17 games this season, due in part to the chronic autonomic nervous system illness POTS, or postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Nicole Connors, 52; Raleigh police officer Gabriel Torres, 29; Mary Marshall, 34; and Susan Karnatz, 49, also were killed in the rampage.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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Austin Thompson, the North Carolina teenager convicted of killing his brother and four neighbors in a 2022 rampage, was sentenced on Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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Peterson has missed 11 of KU’s 24 games because of hamstring tightness, cramping, a quad ailment and illness issues.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
11 Feb. 2026
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The building had many ailments, and the landlord seemed intent on doing as little as possible about them.—
Michael Powell,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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For all its ills, social media can also be an entry point for anyone interested in Chicago history and the city’s varied eccentricities.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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The conductor added that opera not only reveals societal ills but can model what an ideal society can look like.—
Malia Mendez,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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And her love sickness rendered physical is such a beautiful and powerful literary symbol.—
Hannah Benson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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His office has continually pointed to the senator’s leg stiffness as a result of his childhood polio sickness.—
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Fever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fever. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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